The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS)—a coliation made up of Microsoft rivals like Sun, Adobe, IBM, Nokia, Oracle, and Red Hat—has charged that Microsoft’s latest flagship operating system, Windows Vista, perpetuates the same practices that the European Commission found illegal almost three years ago. ECIS further charges that complaints it made to the European Commission last year have not been addressed. “With Vista, Microsoft has clearly chosen to ignore the fundamental principles of the Commission’s March 2004 decision,” said Simon Awde, ECIS Chairman.
